Support for cards, pictures, and the like.



J. M. WASHBURN.

SUPPORT FOR CARDS, PICTURES, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APE.6,1911.

1,071,836, Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

COLUMIHA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. n. c.

JAMES MURRAY WASHBURN, OIE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORT FOR CARDS, PICTURES, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 6, 1911.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913. Serial No. 619,317.

'1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES MURRAY lVAsH- BURN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and. useful Improvement in Supports for Cards, Pictures, and the Like, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive support for cards, pictures and the like; one which is readily attached to the desired article and which presents a neat and finished appearance. The support on my invention comprises a piece of tape which is preferably gunnned on one side so that it may be pasted to the desired article, and a stay stamped out of sheet metal having prongs which pass through the tape from one side and are bent back upon the other side of the tape to securely fasten the two parts together. The stay of my support is formed of a single piece of metal and is readily adjustable into supporting position to prop up the article to which the support is attached.

In the accompanying drawings, which show various forms of my invention in per spective view, Figure 1 shows my support attached to a card or picture, the latter being partly broken away to show the support more clearly; and Fig. 2 is a detached view of the other side of the support shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, it will be seen that the support comprises a piece of tape 1 which is preferably gummed on the side 2 and secured to a stay S having a substantially rectangular head 3, a downwardly extending shank 4t and a base 5. From the central point 6 of the rectangular head 3 are struck up a series of prongs 7 which pass through the tape 1 and are bent back upon the tape, as shown in Fig. 1. The tape 1 is preferably co-extensive with the head 3 of the stay so as to be concealed from View when the support is aflixed in place on the article to be propped up. This imparts to the support a neat and finished appearance. To add to the artistic effect, the head 3 may be provided with openings 8 of suitable configuration through which the colored back 9 of the tape 1 may be seen. The prongs 7, arranged in star fashion, hold the tape securely to the stay. To apply the support to a card, a picture or other article 1, the ginnmcd surface 2 of the tape is moistened and pasted down upon the back Of the card or picture I. The metal of the stay is then bent downwardly substantially at the point or line 10 until the legs of the stay are at the desired angle. In this way the card or picture 1 is firmly propped up.

I do not herein claim broadly a support comprising a piece of gummed tape to which is securely fastened a readily adjustable metallic stay, because this is claimed in my copending application Serial No. (319,313 filed April 6, 1911.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A support of the class described, comprising a piece of gummed tape adapted to be readily allixed to an article, and a stay stamped out of sheet metal, said stay having an enlarged head coextensive with said gunnned tape, a broad base upon which the support may rest, a shank connecting said head and base and being adapted for ready bending to the proper supporting angle but of sufficient rigidity to prevent further movement when placed in position to support said article, a series of prongs struck up from said head at its center and projecting through a single central opening in said tape and there bent outward radially over the gumnled face of said tape to securely fasten the stay and tape together, said prongs being in direct contact with the back of the article when the support is in position thereon, and the remainder of the stay being separated from said article by the tape but directly in contact with the tape to prevent said tape from peeling off.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 30th day of March A. D. 1911.

JAMES MURRAY IVASHBURN. lVitnesses A. A. THOMAS, M. H. DOOLEY.

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